Tradition 34 of 35
Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends
Mythic systems, traditional folklore, sacred and supernatural legends, fairy tales, and documented folk beliefs that preserve or contextualize magical, spiritual, anomalous, and otherworldly traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 20,091
- Earliest
- 1000
- to 2026
- Read free
- 72%
- 14,383 with public full text
- With covers
- 72%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match17,236
- Metadata match585
- Query match2,265
- Source classification (retained through merging)5
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Folklore3.6K
- Legends2.1K
- Fairy tales1.8K
- Tales1.5K
- Fiction1.4K
- History1.1K
- Mythology840
- Early works to 1800760
- Poetry694
- Juvenile fiction684
- Translations into English635
- Social life and customs617
- History and criticism530
- Drama509
- Juvenile literature491
- Religion485
- Greek Mythology475
- Superstition473
- Classical Mythology437
- Short Stories350
- Indians of North America341
- Children's stories334
- Horror tales293
- Biography292
Top languages
- English8,343 · 42%
- German4,162 · 21%
- French1,648 · 8%
- Latin836 · 4%
- NOT738 · 4%
Notable authors
All authors- ca. v6. Jh Aesopus135 books
- Hans Christian Andersen102 in this tradition103 books
- Andrew Lang70 in this tradition83 books
- Charles Perrault66 in this tradition76 books
- Nathaniel Hawthorne64 in this tradition74 books
- ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus58 books
- Euripides56 in this tradition59 books
- Jacob Grimm55 books
- Benjamin Blake52 books
- Edgar Allan Poe51 in this tradition63 books
- Jean de La Fontaine50 in this tradition56 books
- Wilhelm Grimm50 in this tradition53 books
20,091 books
- Read free
Pretty Tales for the Nursery
Isabel Thompson, John Gilbert
Date unknown
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Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia: Being the Adventures of Prince Prigio's Son
Andrew Lang, Gordon Browne
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Puck's Broom
E. Gordon Browne, Kathleen Nixon
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Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe
David Cory, Elizabeth Jones Babcock
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Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse
David Cory, Elizabeth Jones Babcock
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Pussy and Doggy Tales
Edith Nesbit, Lucy Kemp-Welch
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Queen Summer; Or, The Tourney of the Lily and the Rose
Walter Crane
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Red Hunters and the Animal People
Charles A Eastman
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Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright
M. E. S Wright
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Ring O' Roses: A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book
L. Leslie Brooke
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Robin Hood and His Merry Foresters
Joseph Cundall, John Gilbert
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Robin Hood;
Anonymous
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Rock A Bye Library: A Book of Fables
Unknown
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Rootabaga pigeons
Carl Sandburg, Miska Petersham
Date unknown
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Rumpty-Dudget's Tower: A Fairy Tale
Julian Hawthorne, George Hood
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Sandman's rainy day stories
Abbie Phillips Walker, Rhoda Chase
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Santa Claus, Kriss Kringle, or St. Nicholas
Anonymous
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Shaun O'Day of Ireland
Madeline Brandeis
Date unknown
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Shen xian zhuan
Hong Ge
1794Chinese
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Shoulder to shoulder
Gordon Stables
Date unknown
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Snowdrop & Other Tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Arthur Rackham
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Southern Stories
Various
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Star People
Katharine Fay Dewey, Frances Bassett Comstock
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Stories about Indians
Anonymous
Date unknown